| Business News |
Oil slumps on easing storm worry and dollar
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Oil tumbled more than $5 on Tuesday,
pushing losses so far this week to about $10, as forecasters
said an Atlantic hurricane would steer clear of offshore oil
platforms and the greenback gained against other currencies.
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Alcoa's profit off but tops forecasts
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc on
Tuesday posted a smaller-than-expected drop in second-quarter
profit, lifting its shares, as higher aluminum prices and sales
volumes offset higher costs.
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Anheuser-Busch sues InBev over takeover attempt
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc sued
InBev NV in an effort to stop its Belgian-Brazilian
suitor from taking any more steps to replace the U.S. brewer's
board of directors, which had rejected a $46.3 billion takeover
offer from InBev.
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Stocks rise on banks and lower oil
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Stocks rose in another turbulent
session on Tuesday as a pullback in oil prices eased worries
about consumer and business spending, while financial shares
gained after the Fed chairman said he may keep open a lifeline
for banks.
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Traders plead guilty to foreign exchange scam
(Reuters)
Reuters - Two currency traders pleaded guilty on
Tuesday to defrauding investors, admitting their firm engaged
in almost no trading and that they misappropriated money from
investors and used it to buy luxury homes and cars, federal
prosecutors said.
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Paulson says U.S. home foreclosures to stay high
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson said on Tuesday that home foreclosure starts may hit
2.5 million this year, many of them the borrowers' own fault
for taking out loans they couldn't afford.
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WTM CD Protect 1.98.5 |
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Protect Files Pro 3.7.1.1 |
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Protect Files Pro can help you keep your files protected. You can choose who gets access to what files on your computer. This program provides three levels of protection to suit any user : Hidden, Read Only, Full Control.It works with any Windows platforms : 9.x/ME/NT/2000/XP . Protect Files Pro can work with Network folders and fully supports protection ... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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SWF Protect Remover 2.0.1 |
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SWF Protect Remover will allow you to delete protection tags with the password or without it (tags for protection against editing) from files of any versions of the SWF Flash format. The program has a built-in player of SWF-files. SWF Protect Remover can work with the packed SWF-files and pack them after processing. The program is simple in utilization, a... |
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Pos Photos Privacy Keeper 1.02 |
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With Pos Photos Privacy Keeper you can easily protect your photos from unauthorized view. Pos Photos Privacy Keeper allows you to add password to most of standard image file types.After the locking action each view of the image will require the password to protect your privacy. Better protect your privacy using dummy images: Pos Photos Privacy Keeper allo... |
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File 2.7 |
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Protect Files and Folders is a great easy-to-use password-protected security utility working at Windows kernel level you can use to password-protect certain files and folders, or to hide them securely from viewing and searching just with a click of mouse. Upon accessing any protected file or folder, dialog box querying password appears on the screen.If va... |
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phpSHIELD PHP Encoder 3.0 |
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phpSHIELD has been developed to help software authors, freelance developers and anyone publishing scripts to protect their intellectual property with ease. Developers working on freelance projects do not have to give away all of their legacy code during a project - phpSHIELD will allow them to protect the elements at they do not want the client to have fu... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Linux] |
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Pos Multimedia Privacy Keeper 1.21 |
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With Pos Multimedia Privacy Keeper you can easily protect your photos, video and audio files from unauthorized view. Pos Multimedia Privacy Keeper allows you to encrypt and add password to most of standard photos, video and audio file types. After the locking action each view of the file will require the password to protect your privacy. The software also... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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XP Tools Vista Version 7.7.5 |
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XP Tools is a totally integrated suite of powerful PC Utilities to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your computer. With only a few minutes of tweaking, XP Tools will optimize the performance of your computer, corrects problems and helps you to customize your system to suit your needs.XP Tools will erase your Internet tracks, hide your sensitive files a... |
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HTML Password Lock 3.5 |
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Password protect html pages, web pages and whole web site. Based on strong algorithms, it will thoroughly encrypt your entire page so that no one can getting in unless he know the correct password. And the encrypted web page can work anywhere even without a web server. You can select to protect your web pages with one password, or define users with their ... |
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System Protect 1.0.0.83 |
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Keep your operating system stable and protect important programs, documents and files. System Protect software was designed to be an easy-to-use application that will help you keep your operating system stable and protect important programs, documents and files from deletion caused by viruses, other users on your computer such as your kids, or even by you... |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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| Software News |
EA says has complied with FTC request on Take-Two
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Video game publisher Electronic
Arts Inc said on Tuesday it complied with a
regulator's request for more information on its Take-Two
Interactive Software Inc bid, moving a step closer to
buying its rival.
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VMware shares plunge on CEO change, slowing growth
(AP)
AP - VMware Inc. abruptly replaced co-founder Diane Greene as chief executive Tuesday and lowered its sales outlook, triggering alarms that pounded the business software maker's shares to their lowest depths since the company's lucrative public offering 11 months ago.
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Microsoft Sets Hosted-services Pricing, Irks Partners
(PC World)
PC World - Some Microsoft partners are less than thrilled by the company's push into a software-plus-services model, which will compete...
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Irrigation Systems Soak up Top Prizes in Software Contest
(PC World)
PC World - An irrigation automation system, developed by a team of Australian students, won Microsoft's Imagine Cup programming contest.
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VMware warns on revenue, replaces CEO
(Reuters)
Reuters - Business software maker VMware Inc
warned on Tuesday that 2008 revenue growth will fall short of
expectations and said it has replaced its chief executive,
sending its shares tumbling 30 percent.
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New Yahoo board might lure Microsoft back into talks
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Microsoft threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo's board next month, saying Monday that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another deal.
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